Bay pottery

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Eduard Bay GmbH

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founding 1933
resolution 1998
Seat Ransbach-Baumbach
Branch Ceramics

The Edward Bay GmbH was a German manufacturer of ceramic products. The company, founded in 1933 by Eduard Bay (1909–1978) in Ransbach in the Westerwald , produced decorative and utility ceramics. First in terracotta , it was switched to glaze ceramics in 1936. Bay-Keramik is known for her designs, for which Josef Koch was responsible in the 1950s and later the German designer Bodo Mans (1935–2001). Mans worked as a freelancer from 1960, and from 1962 as a permanent employee.

The Römertopf was invented in 1966 by Franz Peter Münch , Eduard Bay's son-in-law, and presented for the first time in 1967 at the Hanover Fair . The trademark rights were sold to Römertopf Keramik GmbH in 1997. In total, over 25 million Roman pots have been sold to date.

Production stopped in 1998.

gallery

  • Vase 523-20, 1950s

  • Ashtray 31-11, 1960s

  • Vase 952-17, 1960s

  • Römertopf, underside, probably early 1990s

literature

Karl-Ludwig Kelber: 50 years of Bay ceramics. 1933-1983. History of a company from the Westerwald . Ransbach-Baumbach 1983.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lavaguy: lavaguys-ceramic: Bay ceramic. In: lavaguys-ceramic. November 10, 2010, accessed July 26, 2018 .